A piece of heaven on earth: Neelam valley

When we reached Muzaffarabad, it was evening. At about eight o'clock in the night, he left for Karen, a beautiful, air-spaced place in Neelam Valley. It usually takes three hours from Muzaffarabad to Karen but due to lack of traffic at night we reached Karen in two and a half hours. There was a provision of dinner in the vegetable stool of the rest house on the banks of River Neelam. The sound of flowing river water was playing background music. The fun of the season was light snob.

People enjoyed eating at tables a short distance away. There were also arrangements to prepare bar BQs and a family was preparing their own food. Across the river is Indian occupied Kashmir. The colorful lights of the surrounding guest houses were adding to the beauty of the atmosphere. There were only a few lights across the river in occupied Kashmir, mostly ruled by darkness. The most beautiful area of Azad Kashmir, the famous Neelam Valley consists mainly of three valleys including Karen Valley, Sharda Valley and Grace Valley.

I first came to Neelam Valley about fifteen years ago. At that time there was only one government rest house on the banks of the river in Karen. Now, with the arrival of a large number of tourists every year in Neelam Valley, guest houses are located at every well known tourist destination in Neelam Valley where good rooms and good meals are also available at a reasonable price. One way from Karen goes to a village called Neelam on the mountain, where there is a plain area at the top of the mountain. There are also several guest houses and this place is popular among the tourists of Karachi.

Neelam village presents a strange scene during the summer season. Especially tourists from Karachi come there in large numbers to spend their holidays. There is a beautiful view of the occupied Kashmir region across the river from the height of Neelam village. The accommodation was arranged in a beautiful guest house called Twin Hills Resort located in front of the rest house. The purple lights in the guest house looked beautiful at night. I got a top floor, a third floor room. The rooms of the newly constructed clean guest house are also airy and comfortable. In front of the rooms on each floor is the terms-like bermande in front of the river and the occupied Kashmir region.

I went especially to the kitchen of the guest house and saw a clean and home-like atmosphere. Had breakfast at the same terrace. There are small terraces with rooms on the front side of the guest house where the heart does not fill despite enjoying the beauty of nature for a long time in the pleasant, energetic air. At night, he was sitting on the same terrace adjacent to the room when Bakarwal passed down the road with a herd of sheep and goats. The bakers were instructing herd sheep to keep walking with their distinctive sounds. At midnight, large convoys of bookers were giving an attractive view. The next morning they left for Sharda. The journey is about 36 km from Karen and is covered in about two hours. Sharda has changed a lot like other places in Neelam Valley. Markets have grown up, many guest houses, hotels are set up for tourist accommodation.

The iron ropes and wooden planks on the Neelam river crossed the bridge on the vehicle and reached the forest rest house. I was surprised to see the rest of the house building. Earlier there used to be a beautiful wooden rest house. Now it has a pujya building in place. Situated a little higher along the river, there is a beautiful lawn in front of this rest house from where the neelam/kishan ganga on the front feels like a lake in its vastness and depths. There are a few motor boats and scooter boats on the right side of the bridge on which visitors take a tour of the river for tourism. With the same motor boats, a small drain comes from the mountain and joins the Neelam/KishanGanga. Not far towards the mountain is this drain called Madhu Mati, along with an ancient Buddhist, Hinduuniversity, Temple. There are two mountain peaks at the back of Nala Madhu Mati, one named Narda and the other called Sharda. There is also a small lake above Narda Mountain. There's no regular way to go, it's a very difficult, long and bad way.

When taobut entered the villages, we had a unique scene. Here the Gagai Nala neelam/kishan is found in Ganga. A drain called Dugai, about one and a half kilometers ahead of taobut, falls into the gangai drain. A hatchery farm of trout fish is set up in Taobut. The beauty of Tao Butt has a unique style. There are also several guest houses in Taobut. The Forest Rest House here is completely made of wood. The rest house was built a few years ago and the grass lawn in front of the river is a beautiful addition to the beauty of the area. The soothing atmosphere and the sedating atmosphere here take a man into a different state.

The next morning the journey back to Sharda began. The car started its return journey from the rest house and saw beautiful scenes around. You are your example in the beauty of the gangai drain flowing from the back of the taobut. I didn't feel like coming back from Tao butt at all.From Sharda, a route along nala sargan (Madhu Mati) leads to Kaghan, which crosses the Pass Noori Naar and leaves for Jal Khad in The Kaghan area. The journey from Sharda to Jal Khad is about 49 km in about five hours. Five to six kilometers away from Sharda, the last population of Azad Kashmir is a village called Sargan, as far as the road is paved, followed by a rocky and rocky route. The height of Noori Nar Pass is 12,988 feet (3.959 meters).

This pass is the limits of Azad Kashmir and The Kagan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). The writing on Azad Kashmir on the left side of the road at Noori Naar Top reveals the extent of Azad Kashmir. As soon as the height increased, trees and plants were destroyed in the mountains. A short distance away, there were avalanches, of which the flowing water was traveling towards the abyss. From the areas before the start of the Noori Nar pass, the sharda was heading towards Azad Kashmir, taking the form of a drain sargan, while the water destination flowing from the avalanches in the area ahead of the pass is the Kanhar River (Kaghan River) of The Kagan River.

As soon as the Noori narcrossed the pass, the kohistani herds were visible in the valley-like place between the mountains of the right and left, along with the natte drain. Some went further and saw small fields in which peas were grown. In a few places, farmers filled sacks of peas and waited for a roadside jeep to arrive. In Kagan, potatoes and peas are produced in large quantities.Noori Nar Top Road meets The Main Road leading to Babu Sir Top, Naran at Jal Khad. From here on the right, Lolo leads to Sir Lake and Babu Sir Top.

The Babu Sir Top area falls within the limits of Chalas area of Gilgit-Baltistan. While naran on the left leads to Balakot. The journey from Lolo Sir Lake and Babu Stop to Naran started. On reaching Naran, it was a surprise and regret that its atmosphere and atmosphere had also changed. A large number of several storey hotels and vast markets have been set up in Naran and there is a rush of vehicular traffic like Raja Bazaar. After a brief halt at a hotel just ahead of Naran, balakot again proceeded to Muzaffarabad via Garhi Habibullah. Reached Muzaffarabad at around 1 pm. The next day, the journey back to Rawalpindi and thus a memorable few days of entertainment tour was completed.

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